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o. Myx-:Rs 239126 TROUBLE RECORDER Filed Nov. 15, 1939 Sheets-Sheet lO April 15, 1941, o. MYE'RS TROUBLE RECORDER 12 sheets-sheet 11 R5 RM M NF. 0 Ev, T VM T N. A 106 Filed Nov. l5, 1939 Ami!! l5, 1941,. o. MYERS TROUBLE RECORDER r n 2 A H m 5 M Mm 0 T W V T y M A t W 0% s n DVD www Ou l 5. l v. M b k Ok IIJ Patented Apr. 15, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT FFECE Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New

York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November l5, 1939, Serial No. 304,473

18 Claims. (Cl.

This invention relates to telephone systems and has for its object the improvement. yof such systems by the provision of more convenient records of trouble conditions.

It has long been customary in certain telephone systems to provide trouble indicators which are brought into service when troubles occur and which light lamps indicative of troubles encoutered. It has also been suggested that permanent records be made of such troubles by the use of automatic typewriters such as are used in telegraphy.

The present invention relates to improvements in the means by which the lamp record is transformed into the printed record.

More specifically, each of the circuits which light the lamps of the trouble indicator is extended in parallel to the recorder circuit. Means is provided for extending these circuits in groups to a set of scanning relays, which determine whether any circuits in the group are marked.

In addition, means is provided for recording the identity of each grounded lamp circuit by means of one or more characters which may be all letters, all numbers or a combination of both.

Each lamp circuit corresponds to a crosspoint on a cross-oar switch and means is provided for preparing the cross-points in groups and closing only those cross-points which correspond to grounded lamp circuits.

Each cross-point has cross-connected to character relays in accordance with the identifying designation of the corresponding lamp circuit. A series of steering relays is provided which normally close the four contacts which are circuits of two cross-point contacts in succession to record two letters, rearrange the printer to print numbers, then close the remaining two contacts to record two numbers and finally cause the printer to space. Means is also provided under the control of the cross-points to modify '7 the operation of these relays to record other identifying characters, and to omit the space.

These and other features of the invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following description in connection with the drawingsin which:

Fig. 1 shows schematically a teletype transmittel distributor and a teletype printer together with thereof;

Figs. 2 and 6 dicator including registers;

Figs. 3 and show a portion of a trouble inthe line designation and frame '7 show the circuits for translating circuits controlling the operation r the line designation reco-rd in the trouble indicator into a numerical record;

Figs. 4 and 8 show the character relays;

Figs. 5 and 9 show the cross-bar switches with their control magnets;

Fig. 10 shows the character control or steering relays;

Fig. 11 shows the circuits which control the select magnets of the switches;

Fig. 12 shows the group relays, the scanning relays and those which control the hold magnet operation; and

Fig. 13 shows the relative arrangement of Figs.

1 to 12. The present trouble recorder is arranged to work With a trouble indicator which is associated with a terminating marker such as shown in Patent No. 2,232,371, granted Feb. 18, 1941, to J. W. Dehn and O. Myers. The details of a trouble indicator serving a decoder marker are shown in the Patent No. 2,202,921 to A. C. Powell, granted June 4, 1940.

When a trouble occurs in a marker, the trouble indicator is seized and the relays of the indicator connected to the marker. A relay is connected in parallel with each piece of significant equip* ment in the marker, so that the indicator relays are operated in accordance with the equipment which is in use in the marker. For example, circuits are provided to operate relays to indicate the number of the wanted line, and, if the call has progressed that far, to indicate `the switching equipment which was used in attempting to obtain access to the line. Other circuits are closed as the callY progresses, by which relays are operated which indicate the stage at which the call failed. The operated relays light lamps which show the recorded information. In the past the marker has been released, but the indicator held until released by a maintenance man. In order to make a record of the trouble for future use the maintenance man had to make it longhand, which was subject to errors.

The trouble recorder of the present disclosure comprises a standard teletype transmitter distributor Iil and printer HI. The codes trans-` mitted are produced by grounding the signal circuit over segments of the distributor itil) and armatures of the character rela-ys of Figs. 4 and 8.

The information set up on the indicator is passed to the recorder by means of a set of group relays i220, Itri, etc. each of which may connect ten conductors to the ten scanning relays l200to |209. Individual to each conductor is a cross-point on a pair of cross-bar switches etc. Each relay |228, 22| etc. controls ten of 588 and 988. The select magnets of these these connections. The connections from the switches are operated in Succession by a chain designation and frame registers are made in arrangement, while the hold magnets are opsmaller groups to relays 388, 385, 388, |88 and 18|. erated under the control of the scanning relays 5 Associated with the transmitter distributor |88 so that only those cross-points are closed which are thirty character relays, namely, 48| to 425, correspond to grounded conductors. Switches 885 to 82|, which correspond to the letters A to having twenty verticals have been employed and Y, and relays 838 to 834 which control modificathe scanning relays are used twice for each level. tions of the printer operation. The relays 4|6,

Each cross-point has four contacts over which 4H, 423, 885, 4|8, 828, 425, 82|, 489 and 4|5 also character relays are operated under the control control the printing of the digits 0 to 9 respecof the character control relays of Fig. l0 to cause tively when the printer is adjusted to print nuthe printing of a maximum of four characters. merical characters,

Detailed description These character relays, when operated, close ground to the segments |83 to |87 of the distrib- When it is desired to make a printed TQCOld utor commutator in accordance with a predeter- Of the troubles as they OCCul, a. key, associated mined C0de 'They also Supply ground over conwith the trouble recorder, is operated. With this doctor to the armature of romy ||1| Therekey operated, the seizure of the trouble indicator fore, when Start relay ||||3 operates, grounding by the marker for the purpose Of recording a 20 conductor H28, with the distributor brush in its trouble condition, connects ground to conductor normal position, a, circuit is olosod from ground HI1- ThS ground Completes a CI'CUC Over the over the inner upper front contact of relay H83, back Contact of relay H85, t0 the Winding 0f conductor H28, distributor feed segment |24, relay H03 and battery- Relay H03 IOCkS Over normal segment |88, winding of relay H4, over conductor H29 and extends the looking ground 25 conductor |25, which connects the transmitter Over COndllCtOl H38 extending t0 the IldCaOl and the printer, and through the printer t0 reto ground the lamp CirCuifJS. Relay H03 ClOSeS sistance H3 and battery. With any one of the an obvious circuit for relay H04, Which IOCkS character relays operated, relay H8 extends over its lower front contact to ground at the back ground from conductor |28 over the upper back COl'llZaClZ 0f relay H08. With TelayS H03 and H04 30 Contact 0f relay IH, nomal Contacts and Windboth operated, ground is connected to conductor ing of relay H6, to battery. Relay H6 operates, HI8, to start the motors of both the transmitter locks over its upper alternate contacts to con-- distributor |88 and the printer HI. ductor |26, and completes a circuit from battery Relay H84 also closes an obvious circuit for through the winding of magnet |8|, inner lower relay H85 which in turn opens the operating 35 front contact of relay H8, lower back Contact of circuit of relay H83 and grounds conductor |||9 relay H1, inner lower back contact of relay H8, leading to interrupter H88. When interruptor conductor |28, middle upper back contact of H 80 closes its right contact, it completes a cirrelay |222, conductor H25 to ground at the seccuit for relay H 8| which locks to conductor HI8. ond upper contact of relay H83. The operation With relay H 8| operated, the closure of the left 40 of magnet |8| contact of interrupter H88 completes a circuit for relay H82 which also locks to conductor H |9. leaves normal and passes over segment |82 the The operation of relays H8! and H82 permits signal circuit is opened to release the selector the motors of the distributor and printer to atmagnet of the teletypewriter H| and permit its tain operating speeds before starting to make associated mechanism to revolve in synchronism the record. with that of distributor |88. As the brush I8 Transmission control passes over segments |83 to |81, ground is connected to signal conductor |25 according to the The GIGYPGWI'GBI used OperatS 0n the Startwiring of the operated character relay. For exstop principle. The two motors are run synample, assume that relay 88| is operated. In chronOuSIy, and the drive shaft of the transmitthat case, when brush H8 reaches segment |83 ter distributor is connected through a friction a circuit is closed from ground to feed ring |24 clutch to the brush arm H8, which is held in a as previously traced, brush H8, segment |83 normal position by latch |89 controlled by magconductor |38, inner upper front contact of relay net |8|. The teletypewrter responds to the 55 48|, conductor 438 to the signal conductor |25 closures of the selector magnet circuit to print and the printer IH. A circuit is closed over characters dependent on the combinations of segment |84, conductor |38 and the lower consuch closures. tact of relay 48|, but no circuits are closed over The transmitter distributor |88 is required to segments |05 15o |01, transmit a combination of closures in one revo- 80 When relay H6 operated it closed a circuit lution and this is accomplished by the use of a from battery through resistance H5, winding of commutator which is divided into a number of relay H1, alternlate contacts of relay HB to segments |83 to |81. These segments are congrounded conductor |26. However, relay H1 is nected to the contacts of relays 48| to 425 shunted by ground over the contact of relay H4 whereby signal leads are closed at various posiand the upper back contact of relay Hl. As tions in the revolution of the distributor |88.

soon as brush H8 leaves the normal segment |88, Since the distributor and printer motors run in relay H4 releases, permitting relay H1 to Opersynchronismy they occupy the same relative poate. 'Ihe operation of relay H1 opens the cirsitions at the same time, with the same resulting cuit of magnet 8| and latch |89 drops back in effect as though conductors connected distrib- 7U position to arrest brush H8 whenY it again uting and sending segments each to each. reaches normal. When this occurs, the circuit The trouble indicator is connected to the of relay H4 is reclosed, trouble recorder by making a multiple connection at each lamp and extending these multiple con- H4 nections to the front contacts of relay |228, |22|, 7.3

withdraws latch |88 and permits brush H8 to make one revolution. As brush H8 Operation of cross-bar switches Two cross-bar switches are provided for controlling the operation of the character relays. Each switch has ten levels, each level containing twenty contact sets. The select magnets 930 to 939 and 530 to 53'! prepare the levels and the hold magnets 5|0 to 529 and 9|0 to 929 close the individual contacts in the level. Each cross point includes four contacts, permitting the control of four circuits by each cross-point.

There is a cross-point for each item of information to be recorded, most of them corresponding to particular conductors leading into the recorder from the trouble indicator. Elach of the group relays |220, |22l, etc., belongs to ten of these conductors and, therefore, two oi these relays relate to one level.

When start relay circuit to determine that none of the cross-points was falsely operated. This circuit may be traced from ground at the lowermo-st front contact of relay H03, conductor ||2|, normal contacts of relay lllll, back contacts of hold magnets 9|0- 929 and 5l0 to 529, conductor '553, lower back conta-.ct of relay l l |'0 to the winding of relay and battery. Relay |ll| operates and locks over its inner upper iront contact, normal contacts of relays ||i and llll'l, to ground over conductor ||2|. Relay closes an obvious circuit for relay l l2 which in turn grounds conductor H22, thereby operating relays 950 and 550. 550 and 950 open the operating circuits for the relays 540 to 5M and 940 to 949.

With both relays 550 and 950 operated, a circuit is closed from ground at the upper front contact of relay 550, upper front contact of relay 950, conductor 954, outer lower iront contact of relay llll, normal contacts and winding oi relay lll5, resistance |||6 to battery. Relay l l5 operates and locks to ground over conductor ||23 and the third upper front contact of relay H03. Relay l|`|5 prepares a circuit from battery through resistance |||3, winding of relay |||4, alternate cont-acts of relay I5 to grounded oo nductor H23, but ground over the operating c1rcuit of relay l||5 is connected over the inner upper back contact of relay |||4 to resist-ance l'll3 in shunt oi the winding of relay |||4r to prevent its operation at this time.

With relay ||l5 operated, the first level of the lirst switch 900 is prepared yby closing the circuit for operating even numbered select magnets. This circuit may be traced from ground on conductor H23, outer upper front contact of relay lll5, outer lower back contact of relay |||4, to conductor H24.. Since none of the relays 940 to 949, 540 to 541 is operated the circuit extends over the back contacts of the odd numbered re lays of these groups to the winding of select magnet 930 4and battery. The select magnet 930 extends its operating ground over its right contact, conductor 955, inner lower back Contact of relay l l4, inner lower front contact of4 relay l l `to the winding oi" relay l0 and battery. Relay lllll `operates and locks over its upper contacts and the normal contacts of relay ||01 to grounded conductor ll2l. With relay `|||0 operated, a locking circuit is completed for the select magnet which may be traced from conductor 955 over the inner upper front contact of relay |||'5, outer lower front Vcontacts of relay Relays Y alternate` H03 operated, it closed a |||0 to grounded conductor H23. Relay |||0 also closes an obvious circuit for relay |06 which supplies an additional holding ground for relay With relay |||0 operated, the operating and locking circuits for relay are opened and relay ||||I releases in turn releasing relay |||2. Relay l2 is slow to release in order to introduce a time interval during which the select magnet and its associated contacts may be fully operated. The release of relay permits relay |||4 to operate in the above traced circuit. With relay |||4 operated, an additional locking circuit is provided for select magnet- 930 which extends from conductor 955 over the upper front contact of relay |||4 to grounded conductor |I'23.

The release of relay |||2 opens the operating circuit for relays 950 and 550, thereby connecting relays 940 to 949, 540 to 541 in parallel with the corresponding select magnets. Since magnet 930 is operated, the locking ground for that magnet extends over the outer lower back contact of relay 950 to the winding oi relay 940 and battery. Relay 940 operates and locks, in parallel with magnet 930, independent of relay 950.

When relay ll l2 closes its upper back contact, it completes a circuit from ground on that contact, middle upper front contact of relay |||0, outer lo-Wer back contact of relay |232, upper back contact of relay 953 to the winding of relay and battery. Relay 95| prepares the operatcircuits for the first ten hold magnets 9|0, 9 etc.

With relays 95| and 940 operated, a circuit is closed for the rst grou-p relay |220. This circuit may be traced from battery through the Winding of relay |220, conductor |234, through cable |235, inner right contact of relay 940, outer lower contact of relay 95|, over the operating circuit of relay 95| to ground as previously traced. Relay |220 in operating locks over its fifth lower contact, lower back contacts of relays |223 and |229 in parallel, middle upper fron-t contact of relay I0 to ground at the back contact of relay ||l2. It also closes an obvious circuit for relay |23l, which is made slow to operate by ground on conductor ||2| which is connected over the back contact of the relay and resistance |230 in parallel with the relay winding.

The operation of relay |220 connects ten conductors to the scanning relays |200 to |209. Normally these ten conductors extend to lamp circuits in the trouble indicator, but the first ve conductors controlled by relay |220 do not. The rst conductor |231 is connected to direct ground, while the next four conductors are left open. The remaining conductors extend to lamps indicating the identity of the marker from which the record is to be taken. Other conductors of the grou-p carrying this information are connected to the next group relay (not shown). Those scanning relays, which find ground on the corresponding conductors, operate. Assuming, for example, -that no other relays find ground, only scanning `relay |200 operates.

When relay |23| operates as above described, it closes a circuit from grounded conductor ||2|, front contact of relay |23l, conductor |231, lower back contact of rel-ay ll9, conductor |29, back contact of relay |228, outer lower back contact of relay |222, lower front contact of relay |200, inner upper front contact of relay 95| to the winding of hold magnet 9|'0 and battery. With select magnet 930 and hold magnet 9|0 operated, the contacts of cross-point 955 are closed.

Start of record The contacts of the cross-points are normally cross-connected to the character relays in accordance with the designation or the associated lamp in the trouble indicator. However, cross-point 955 has its outer left contact connected to conductor 835, its inner left contact connected to conductor 836, its inner right contact to` conductor 839 and its outer vright contact to conductor 840.

As soon as the cross-point closes, a circuit is closed from grounded conductor |2|, lower front contact of relay H02, inner upper back contact of rel-ay |222, conductor |238, outer lower back contacts of relays |082, |032, |822, ||||2, and |882, conductor |650, through cable |05|, outer left contact of cross-point 956, conductor 835, eX- tending through cable 958, normal contacts and Winding of relay |983 to battery. Relay |883 operates and locks over its upper alternate conacts, conductor |28, middle upper back contact of relay |222, conductor H to ground at the second upper front Contact of relay H83. With relay |083 operated a circuit is closed from ground to conductor |238 as outer lower back lcontacts of relays |842, |932 and |022, inner lower front Contact of relay |803, outer lower back contact oi relay |88 conductor |852 through -cable |U5|, inner left contact of cross-point 855, conductor 836 through cable 958, winding of character relay 834| to battery.

With relay 836 operated, ground is connected to conductor |25, operating relays ||l and Il@ as above described. Relay H6 operates magnet lill and releases the brush |||l to make a revolution. Relay connects the signal conductor |25 to segment it to send out a pulse in the fourth period. This signal causes the teletypewriter carriage to return to normal, irrespective of its previous position.

When the brush Hl returns to normal, relay H4 reoperates, and relay ll'l having operated as previously described, closes a circuit from ground on conductor |25, Contact of relay M,

upper front contact of relay i7, normal contacts and winding of relay l |8 to battery. Relay l I3 operates and locks over its upper contacts to ground at the lower front contacts of relays H6 and H1. Relay ||8 at its outer lower front contact closes a ductor |25, middle upper back Contact of relay |222, conductor |28, outer lower front contact of relay H8, upper lcaclr` Contact of relay H9, conductor |35, back contact of relay 832, conductor 838, back |365, outer upper front contact or relay m83, inner lower back Contact of relay lili-i2, winding of relay |02! and battery. Relay |82! locks over its outer upper contacts to its operating ground, independent of relay |522 and extends this ground over its inner upper Contact to the normal contacts and winding of relay @22 and battery.

Relay |32?? operates and locks over its alternate contacts to conductor |28 and ground as previously traced. With relay |622 operated, the circuit of character relay 834 is opened and that relay releases in turn releasing relays Il, IIB, ||l and lil. The release of relay ||8 opens the circuit above traced for relay |G2| which in turn releases.

With relay |622 operated and relay |2| released a circuit is closed from battery through the winding of relay 838, conductor 889, extending through cable 958 over the inner right conpreviously traced,

circuit from grounded' concontact of relay |22, conductor i tact of cross-point 956, conductor S58, extending through cable Il, lower back Contact of relay |2|, middle lower front contact of relay |822 outer lower back contacts of relays |632 and |382, conductor |238 to ground as previously traced. With relay 83|) operated, the brush ||0 will make another revolution, during which ground is transmitted to the printer when the brush engages segment |84 as a signal to the printer to feed the paper forward. When relay ||3 operates at the end of the revolution, the circuit for the character control relays is closed as previously traced to the inner lower armature of relay H322 and thence over the front contact of 4that armature, middle lower back contact of relay |62I, outer upper back contact of relay |953, conductor |853, upper back contact of relay 783 lower back contact of relay 188, middle lower back Contact of relay T82, lower back contact of relay 785, inner lower back contact of relay |982, to the Winding of relay 63| and battery. Relay |3| operates, locks to its operating circuit and operates relay |832 in a manner similar to relay |82l.

The operation o1 relay |882 releases the character relay 838 which in turn releases relays H4, H6, Ill', |48 and |ll3l.

With relay |3| released and relay |532 operated, character relay 832 is operated over conductor extending through cable 958, right contact or cross-point 956, conductor 888 extending through cable |l5| inner lower Contact of relay |83I, middle lower front contact of relay |832, outer lower back contact of relay |842, and conductor |238 to ground as traced. Relay 832 causes the brush H0 to make another revolution and transmit an impulse to the printer as it passes segment |85 to cause the printer to advance one space without printing a character. When relay I8 operates at the end of the revolution, with relay 832 operated, a circuit is closed from ground on conductor H25, middle upper back contact of relay |222, conductor |28, outer lower front contact oi relay ||8, upper back contact of relay H9, conductor |35, outer upper vfront contact of relay 832, conductor |236, inner upper front contact of relay |255), normal contacts and winding of relay lill) to battery. Relay |2|0 locks over its inner upper front contacts, over the outer upper back contact of relay |222 and the upper back contact of relay i223 in parallel, lower contact of relay H92, to grounded conductor ||2|. Relay |2|0 opens the operating circuit of relay |268, but that relay is held operated in a circuit through its upper winding and inner upper iront Contact to ground, over conductor |23t as traced.

Advance to next cross-point The operation of relay |2|E| terminates the action in connection with cross-point 856, during which the teletypewriter carriage was restored to the beginning of a line, the paper was advanced one line and the carriage advanced one space.

, Thus when a new indication is recorded, it is the normal` contacts and winding of relay |222 relay to lock. With the second group relay operand battery. Relay |222 locks to ground at the ated, the scanning relays |200, |20I, |200, |209, lower front contact of relay `|220 and disconnects etc. are connected to another group of lamp cirground from conductors |20 and |238, thereby cuits of the trouble indicator and operate in acreleasing character relay 832, and character concordance therewith. With relay 952 oper-ated, trol relays |003, |022 and |032. The release of the hold magnets of the second ten rows of crossthe character relay 032 releases relays H4, HS, points, including magnets 928 and 020 are placed and H0. When all of these relays have reunder the control of the scanning relays and recleased, the locking circuit of relay |229 is opened ords made corresponding thereto.

and that relay releases in turn releasing relay After all the records covered by the second |222. group relay have been transmitted, and relay The release of relay ||0 opens the circuit i222 releasesas well as all of the relays |200 to of relay i200 which releases, while relay |2||l is |239, a circuit is closed from ground as preViOuSly held operated as above traced over the back traced to the lower back contact of relay |222, contact of relay |223. The release of relay |200 over the lower back con-tacts of the scanning reopens the circuit` of hold magnet 9|0 and that lays |200 to |229, upper back contact of relay magnet releases, opening cross-point 956, |224, inner lOlWer lOIlt `Contact 0f relay |232,

It will be remembered that no other scanning Outer lower back contact of rel-ay |225. inner relay was operated from the conductors closed by IOWer 'baek eentaet 0f relay |233 t0 the Winding O group relay |220. When relay |222 recloses its relay |225 and battery- Relay |225 Operates, back contacts, `the hold magnet operating circuit lOCkS t0 its `Operating CirClJit independent Of relay is closed as above traced to the lower armature |233 'and extend-S that eirenit t0 the Winding 0f of relay i220. With relay |200 normal, the crrelay |233 which also operates and locks over its cuit extendsI over the lower back contacts of reinner upper front contact, normal contacts of lays mit, moi, and the mtermediate scanning relay H01 and grounded conductor II2I'l Relay relays, lower back contacts of relays |208 and |233 also grounds eOrlCU-Cter ||2|5 With relays 12ml, upper back Contact of relay |224, inner |226 and |233 operated their operating circuit is lower back contact of relay |232, Winding of relay extended t0 the Winding 0f relay |223 Which Op- |225 and battery. Relay |225 operates, locks erates and locks under the control of relays |2|0 over its outer upper front contact to the above e0 t0 |2|9 Relay |223 Operates relay |229, Which traced Operating circuit, independent 0f remy locks under the control of the character control |232 and extends this operating circuit over its relays and in turn Operates relay |222- Relay inner upper contact to the normal contacts and |222 Opens the leeliing Circuits Of relays |2||l Vt0 winding of relay |232 and battery. Relay |232 |2|9 and the character control relays and when operates and locks over its inner upper front con- 3, all have released. relays |223, |229 and |222 also tact and the normal contacts of relay Hui to release- The Operation of relays |223 and |229 grounded conductor |l2l. Relay |232 grounds released the greep relay and relay 952 Which in Conductor mit .to noia reiay llos operated. with turn released relay |231 and caused the 0perarelays i232 and |225 operated, the operating cirtion 0f relay |224- With relay |224 operated, recuit for relay' |2255 is extended over the inner ,m lay |225 isreleased. lower front contact of relay |232,v outer lower Advance to enlevez front contact of relay |225 to the winding of relay |223 and battery. Relay |223 operates and locks over its inner upper front contact to ground at the outer upper front contact `of relay |2|0 4 and any other oi' the group operated. Relay |223 at its outer upper iront contact closes an obvious circuit for relay |229 which operates relay |222 as previously described.

The operation of relay |232 opens the circuit of relay 05| which controls the hold magnets for the first ten sets of cross-points and group relay |220, but the locking circuit for these relays re- I-laving completed the use of the first row of cross-points in switch 900, it is now necessary to advance to the next level. To this end, the release of relay |220 closes a circuit from grounded conductor |||2l, lower front contact of relay H02, inner lower back contact of relay |225, middle upper front contact lof relay |232, inner lower back contact of relay |226, middle upper front contact of relay |233 to the winding of relay ll'l and battery. Relay ||01 operates and locks over the upper contacts of relays H06 and H01 to mains closed until both relays |223 and|229 have ground-ed CondU-OY Mgt The Operation 0f fe lay ||01 opens the locking circuits of relays |232 operated. ISimilarly, the locking circuit for relay rv |2|0 remains closed until both of these relays H and |233 and these rela-YS Teleasa operate. When relay'i220 releases it releases re- Relay "l" also Opens thelockmg ClrCU-l'l" 0f relay |||0 as well as the circuit for checking the lay |23| which connects grounded conductor ||2I tothe Winding of relay |224. Relay |224 opens normal condition of the hold magnets. When the locking Circuit of relay |225 which releases, relays |232, |233 and |10 have all released, relay with rela-y |225 released, relay 952 which con- G0 H06 also releases slowly, in turn releasing relay .t1-01s the hold magnet-,s for the second ten Cross- H01. The previously traced circuit over the back `points is operated over the outer lower back concontacts of all the hold magnets is now reclosed, tacts of relays 053 and |233, outer upper back operating relay l l l. Relay locks under contact ol? relay |225, outer lower front contact the control of relay and operates relay |||2. of relay |232, middle upper iront contact of relay Go Relay |||2 again voperates relays 950 and 550. il Illjto ground at the upper back contact of relay With both of these relays operated, ground is ljii2.' RelayV `3.02 extends its `operating ground connected to conductor 054 and over the outer over the outer right contact of relay 940 to conlower front contact of relay inner upper .ductor atl which extends to the second group refront contact of relay M, to resistance i l I6 in lay like relay |220. As before, the group relay shunt of the winding of relay |||5 which now reoperates relay 123| which releases relay |22|LV leases, relay I4 being held over the normal con- When all or the relays |2|0, etc. have released tacts of relay |||5. The release of relay |||5 and all of the character control relays of Fig. l0 closes the odd select magnet oper-ating circuit have released, relays |220 and |223 release, in which may be traced from grounded conductor vturn releasing relay |222 and permitting the group H23, over the upper back contact of relay |||5,

conductor H27, over the left back contacts of the even numbered select magne-t relays 545, 540, 909, etc., outer left front contact of relay 940 to the winding of select magnet 93| and battery. Relay 93| extends its operating ground over conductor 962, lower front con-tact of relay |||4, inner lower front contact of relay to the winding of relay and battery. Relay |||0 operates, locks under the control of relay |01 and releases relays and |||2, relay l2 being suiciently slow in releasing to permit relay to open the circuit of relay |||4 and the latter relay 'to release in turn releasing the even select magnet 930 and relay 940. When relay l||2 releases, relays 950 and 550 release and relay 90| operates in parallel with select magnet 93|. rEhe release of relay ||4 also provides a locking circuit for relay 90| and magnet 93|. With relay 90| operated the third group relay is operated and the scanning relays |200 to |200 are connected to the next ten lamp conductors, Relay |||0 operated and relay |||2 released operate relay 95| to connect the rst ten hold magnets to the scanning relays |200 to |209 and the recording proceeds as above described. In advancing to the next or third level relays |4 and l5 are reoperated as Vfor ythe first level.

The select magnet relays of switch 500 being included in the same chain as those of switch 900,

the advance from the last level of the switch 900 3 to the rst level of the switch 500 is the same as the advance from level to level of switch 900. However, select magnet 530 extends its operating ground over conductor 550, first to relay 953 which operates, locks to grounded conductor H23 and extends from select magnet 530 to conductor 95.5 after which the operation is as previously described. Relay 953 transfers the circuits formerly used for operating relays 95| and 9152 to the windings of relays and 552 respectively, so .l

that the hold magnets 5|0 t0 529 of switch 500 are controlled thereafter by the scanning relays |200 to |208.

The release of the recorder will be described hereinafter.

Character control `relays The lamp conductors are identified by combinations of letters and numbers and the character control relays are arranged to transmit a maximum of two alphabetical characters, two numerical characters and a space character for making a distinction between items on the printed record. However, other items may include two letters and one number, one letter and one or two numbers, one, two or three letters with no number and one number without any letters. The operation of the character control relays under all these conditions will be described. In addition the line designation is transmitted by a special circuit which will also be described subsequently.

Assume rst that two alphabetical and two numerical characters are to be transmitted, for example LJ I2 (line junctor I2) which would be the case, were scanning relay |208, select magnet 938 and hold magnet 920 operated and crosspoint 963 closed, the contacts of the cross-point being cross-connected over conductors 969, 905, 960 and 961 through cable 958 to the windings oi relays 8|2, M0, 4|`| and 423 respectively. As soon as the cross-point is closed, the circuit of relay `0|2 is completed from battery, winding of relay 802, conductor 964 through cable 958, outer left contact of cross-point 903', conductor |050, through cable |05|, middle lower back contact of relay |002, lower back contacts of relays |0|2, |022, |032 and |042, conductor |238, inner upper back contact of relay |222, lower front contact of relay ||02 to grounded conductor ||2|. Relay 8|.2 will cause segments |04 and |01 of distributor |00 to be connected to conductor 430 and will cause a revolution of brush ||0 to transmit the signal. As described, the return of the brush to normal operates relay 8 which closes a circuit from battery through the winding of relay |00, inner lower back contact of relay |002, upper back contacts of relays |003, |033, |023, |0|3 and |003, conductor |36, back contact of relay |22, conductor 838, back contact of relay 832, conductor |35, upper back contact of relay |9, outer lower front contact of relay ||8, conductor |28, middle upper back contact of relay |2122 to grounded conductor H25. lRelay |00| operates, locks over this circuit independent of relays |002 to |042 and operates relay |002 which locks to conductor |20. The operation of relay |002 releases character relay 8|2 in turn releasing relays ||4, H6, I8 and |00|.

With relay |00| released, the circuit oi characterV relay 4|0 is closed over conductor y965, inner left contact of crosspoint 963, conductor |052, outer lower back contact of relay |00l, middle lower front contact oi' relay 002 and over the back contacts of relays |0|2, |022, |032 and |042 to ground over conductor |238 as traced for the first character relay. The letter J is then transmitted, followed by the operation of relay ||8. The circuit controlled by relay ||8 now extends as before to the inner lower front contact of relay |002, middle lower back contact of relay |00|, lower back contact of relay 103, inner lower back Contact of relay '102, inner lower back contact of relay |0| 2 to the winding of relay |0|| and battery. Relay |0|| operates, locks to this circuit independent of relay |0|=2 and operates relay 0|2 which locks to conductor |28 Relay |0|2 releases the character relay 4|0 and in turn the relays of Fig. 1 and relay |0| It is now necessary to transmit a signal to the teletypewriter which will prepare it to print numerical characters. Therefore the character relay operating circuit now extends as before to the outer lower front contact of relay |0'|2, outer lower back contact of relay |0| conductor |054. to the normal contacts and winding of relay |043 and battery and in parallel therewith to the winding of relay 83| and battery. Relay |043 operates and locks to ground over conductor |28. Under the control of relay 83| an upper case signal is transmitted to the teletypewriter which will cause it to translate signals corresponding to the letters P, Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I and O into the numerical characters 0 to 9, respectively.

When relay I0 operates, after the transmission of the upper casel signal, relay |02| is operated over the circuit previously traced to the upper back contact of relay |033 thence over the upper front contact of relay |043, inner lower back contact of relay |022, to battery through the winding of relay |02|, in turn operating relay |022 to cause the release of relay |02|, to open the circuit of character relay 83| and to close the circuit of character relay M1. The circuit of relay 4|1 may now lbe traced from battery through the winding of relay 4H, conductor 966, inner right contact of cross-point 963, conductor 959, lower back contact of relay |02|, middle lower front contact of relay |022, lower back contact of relay |032 and thence as traced to grounded conductor I|2|. The digit 1 is trans- `ductor |28 and connects ground from conductor mitted, after which relay |03| is operated follow- |238 over the' outer lower back contact of relay ing the operation of relay ||8 over a circuit which |00|2, inner lower front contact of relay |023,

extends as previously traced to the inner lower outer lower back contact of relay to conarrnature of relay |0|2, over the front contact of ductor |052. The character relay is operated that relay, inner lower back contact of relay |0| and the corresponding charact-er sent. When reinner lower front contact of relay |022, middle lay H8 operates, the circuit extends as before lower back contact of relay 102|, outer upper back to the outer upper armature of. relay |823 and contact of relay |0|3,`conductor |053, upper back over the front contact of that armature and the contact of relay 103, lower back contact of relay inner lower back contact of relay |042 to the 100, middle lower back contact of relay 102, lower winding of relay ||Jl|| and battery. Relays Il back contact of relay 105, inner lower back conand |0fl2 cause the transmission of a space and tact of relay |032, to the winding of relay 103| the advance to the next cross-point. and battery. Relay |03| operates relay |032 If two letters are to be transmitted without which releases the character relay M1 and the 15 any numbers, the outer left Contact of the crosstransmitter control relays M, ||6, ||1 and ||8 point is connected to conductor 822 and the inner followed by the release of relay |03|. contacts are connected to character relays. Re-

Character relay 423 is now operated and the lay |0|3 is operated over conductor 842 and locks digit 2 transmitted. The circuit of relay 423 may to conductor |20. Relay |0|3 closes the character be traced from battery through its winding, conrelay operating circuit over the inner left contact ductor 961, the outer right contact of cross-point of the cross-point, permitting the transmission 963, conductor 9%50, inner lower back contact of reof the corresponding character. When relay |I8 lay |03I, middle lower front contact of relay |032 operates at the end of the revolution, relay |0|3 and thence as traced to ground on conductor extends the circuit controlled thereby from con- |I2|. Q5 ductor |3t, over the outer upper back contact After the transmission of the digit 2, relay I|8 of relay |003, middle upper front contact of reoperates relay |04| which in turn operates relay lay NH3, over the inner lower back contact of |042, releases the character relay 423 and the relay |022 to the winding of relay |02I. Since `transmitter control relays and is itself released. relays |0||| and |0|2 were not operated, the up- With relay |042 operated, ground on conductor go pel CaSe Signal WHS 110|', transmitted, and'rclay |238 extends over the lower front contact of re- |022 controls vthe operation ofthe character relay IflZ, lower back contact of relay |04I, conlay connected to the inner right contact of the ductor 840 to the winding of relay 832 and batcross-point. When relay H8 operates after the tery. transmission of the second character, the circuit Space character relay 832 causes a signal to controlled thereby extends as traced to the inner be transmitted which causes the teletypewriter lower armature of relay |022, over the front conto leave a space after the item just completed tact of that armature, middle lower back contact so that the next item will not be confused with 0f relay' IWI, outer upper iront contact of relay the one just typed and also, t0 return t0 the 00n- I|3 over the inner lower back Contact 0f relay dition for printing letters. When the"spa`ce in [8d2 to the winding of relay Weil. Relays 04| character has been transmitted, the operation and |022 function as preViO'liSy desrbedof relay ||8 with scanning relay |208 and char- When three letters are to be transmitted withacter relay 832 operated, operates relay |2|8 over Gilt any numbers, the 0111381" left Contact 0f the the circuit previously traced for operating relay @TCSS-Point' S @011116012601 t0 001101110001 835. op-

|2|0 to release hold magnet 928. ,15 erating relay |003. Relay |803 immediately If only one numerical character is t0 be trans.. closes the Circuit O the inner ieft contact 0f the mitted, following the two letters, the outer right GlOSS-pint. 'Vv'lflen relay lid operates after the contact of the corresponding cross-point is con- Afirst letter has been transmitted, relay |822 is nected to conductor 840 so that` the space Y operated and the circuit over the inner right concharacter will be transmitted following the first tact ofthe cross-point is closed. `Relays |032 and number. It will be noted that the operation of mi2 are operate-d as previously described` to relay 832 transfers the circuit controlled by relay transmit the third letter and the space char- ||8 from the character control relays to the hold acter. magnet control relays so that it is not necessary It is also possible to transmita single numerical to operate relays HMI and |042. j characterby connecting the outer left contact of If only one letter is to be transmitted followed the cross-point to conductor |5254 to operate the by numbers, the inner left Contact of the crossupper case relay 83| and Vprepare the printer point is connected to upper case relay 83|. to print numbers. Relay ldt being operated in Therefore, when relays |||0| and |002 have opparallel with relay 83|, relays' |02| and |022 operated and relay |0|l| has released, character re- 60 `erate in response to the first operation of relay lay 88| is operated and in parallel therewith re- ||8 and prepare the circuit over the inner right lay |043 is operated and locked.` contact of the cross-point which is connected to With relay |043 operated, when relay H8 opthe desired character relay. The outer right crates, the circuit controlled thereby may be contact of the cross-point is connected to contraced as before to the outer upper armature of ductor 8118 so that a space character is transrelay |043 and thence over the front contact of mitted with relay` 10i-l2 operated, thereby terthat armature, inner lower back contact of relay initiating they function of the cross-point. |022 to the winding of relay |02| and battery. Rec Td. 1. l The subsequent operations are as above deo mg me and fmme numbes scribed. In the trouble indicator, the identity of the If only one letter is to be sent and no num- `subscribers line and of the incoming frame is inbers, `the outer left contact of the cross-point is dicated by sets of lamps which are lighted in connected to conductor 84|, and the inner left Various combinations, as the result of grounding contact to th-e `desired character relay. Relay from one to four conductors. These lamps and |023 operates over conductor 84|, locks to con- 75 the relays which control them are shown in Figs 2 and 6. While the identity of these conductors might be printed in the same manner as for the other conductors, a more convenient form of record would be provided if the conductor combinations were translated into the corresponding digit.

Such a translating arrangement has been provided, together with means for recording the grounding of false combinations. Four conductors can be combined in sixteen ways, of which ten correspond with the ten digits, and six represent false combinations resulting from crossed or open conductors and have been identified by letters. While the combinations used for the thousands digit are the same as those used for other digits, in general, they correspond to different digits. Following is a table showing the possible combinations and the digits or letters thousands which they correspond as applied to the thousands register 200 and the hundreds register 220.

Digit or letter For the frame identication, the grounding of conductor 560 indicates a tens digit.

In transmitting the line and frame numbers the last ve cross-points of a particular level are reserved, and the corresponding conductors controlled by the group relay appertaining to that level are grounded directly. Therefore the last five scanning relays are operated and, when the information conveyed to the rst ve scanning relays has been disposed of, the sixth scanning relay operates the corresponding hold magnet. The outer left contact of the cross-point closed by the operationvof the hold magnet is connected to conductor 106, operating thousands group relay 300. Relay 300 locks over its second upper contact to conductor |28 and extends conductors 26|, 262y 203 and 208 to the windings of relays 306, 301, 309 and 3|0, respectively, relays 302 and 303 being connected in parallel with relays 309 and 3|0. In addition, relay 300 closes a circuit for relays 300 and 3H and grounds conductor |34. At its outer lower contact relay 300 closes a circuit over conductor 3|2, normal contacts of relays 105 and 102, to the Winding of relay 30| and battery. Relay 30| is slow to operate so that suiii'cient time is allowed for the relays 305, 301, 302, 303, 309 and 3|0 to operate.

Assume that the thousands digit is 2 and that relay 301 operates correctly. When relay 30| operates, a circuit is 4closed from ground at the inner upper contact of relay 300, upper contact of relay 30|, outer upper back contact of relay 3| 0, to the Winding of relay 105 and battery. Relay 105 operates and locks over its inner upper front contact to ground on conductor 3|2. At the same time, the operating circuit of relay 300 is extended over the third upper contact of relay 300. conductor 3|3, outer upper front contact of 75 relay 105, to conductor |053, operating character relay 83| to condition the printer for printing numbers. Relay |003 operates in parallel with relay 03|.

With relay 301 operated, the operation of relay H3 following the transmission of the upper case code, closes a circuit as before to conductor |36, upper back contacts of relays |003, |0|3, |023 and |033, outer upper front contact of relay |043, inner lower back contact of relay |022 to the winding of relay |02| and battery. Relay |02| operates relay |022, which in turn releases character relay 83| and relay |021, thereby closing the circuit over the inner right contact of the cross-point which contact is connected to conductor 101 and the circuit is completed over the lower back contact of relay 306, inner lower front contact of relay 301, upper back contact of relay 309, middle upper back contact of relay 3|0 to conductor 961 and the winding of character relay 423 and battery.

Character relay 423 performs its functions to set the printer for printing numeral 2 and when relay ||8 operates, the circuit controlled thereby extends from ground to conductor |36, over the upper back contacts of relays |003, NH3, |023 and |033, outer upper front Contact of relay |043, inner lower front contact of relay |022, middle lower back contact of relay |02 l, outer upper back contact of relay |0|3, conductor |053, upper back contact of relay 103, lower back contact of relay 100, middle lower back contact of relay 102, lower front contact of relay 105, conductor |236 and over the contacts of the scanning relays |200, etc. to the sixth relay of the group 2| 0, etc. This relay locks and functions to advance the circuit to the next cross-point as above described. This advance releases the thousands group relay 300, in turn, releasing relay 105.

The next cross-point has its outer left contact connected to conductor 108 for operating the hundreds group relay 305. This relay locks and connects through the conductors 21 I, 212, 214 and 215 associated with the hundreds register 220 of the trouble indicator. Relay 305 operates relay 30| and grounds conductor |30 as did the thousands relay. Assume now, that due to a trouble condition, conductors 21|, 212, 210 and 215 are all grounded. Relays 306, 301, 302, 300, 303 and 3|0 are all operated. The operation of relay 30|, therefore, closes a circuit from ground at the fourth lower contact of relay 305, lower front contact of relay 30|, upper front contact of relay 306, outer Lipper front contact of relay 302, to the winding of relay 102 and battery. Relay 102 operates and locks over its outer upper front contacts and the upper normal contacts of relay 105 to ground on conductor 3|2. In addition, it closes a circuit from battery, through the winding of character relay 833, middle upper iront contact of relay 102, conductor 353 to ground over the operating circuit of relay 305. Character relay 833 transmits a code to the printer which returns it to the condition to print letters. Relay ||8 operates relay |00| followed by relay |002 in the usual manner. When relay |00! releases, the circuit over the inner left contact of the crosspoint is closed, which is connected to conductor 101. The character relay circuit, therefore, extends over the lower front contact of relay 306, inner upper front contact of relay 301, inner lower front contacts of relays 302 and 303 to conductor 3|4, winding of relay 006 and battery. Relay 806 operates and transmits the code for the letter F. The completion of printing this 

